Activity

an industrial activity which may form part of an IPPC installation

BAT

Best Available Techniques, the main basis for determining standards in IPPC under the PPC Regulations, and defined as the most effective and advanced stage in the development of Activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing in principle the basis for ELV's designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, generally to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole

Carrier

is a person who collects a consignment of hazardous waste from the premises at which it was produced or being held and delivers it to a consignee, or transports it in the course if its transfer from those premises to the consignee.

Cementatious stabilisation

the process of mixing waste with cement to change its physical and chemical properties, immobilise contaminants and form a stable material with lowered permeability (Source: Robert Long Consultancy)

Consignee

is the person to whom the waste is being transported for disposal or recovery.

Consignor

is the person who causes the waste to be removed from the premises at which it is produced or is being held.

COTC

Certificate of Technical Competence

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DGSA

Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor

EA

Environment Agency

ELV

Emission Limit Value

EPA 1990

Environmental Protection Act 1990

European Waste Catalogue

a classification system for waste materials. It categorises wastes based on a combination of what they are and the process or activity which produced them

Gate prices

the price charged to customers per tonne of waste deposited at landfill sites, excluding landfill tax and VAT

Hazardous waste

any waste which is covered by Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC - the Hazardous Waste Directive

HTI

High Temperature Incineration

Inert waste

chemically inert, non-combustible, non-biodegradable and non-polluting waste defined in the EU Directive on the Landfill of Waste (Source: Environment Agency)